Apparatus for removing materials from boats, &amp;c.



Patented Aug. l9, I902.

A. M. ACKLIN. APPARATUS FOR REMOVING MATERIALS FROM BOATS, 81.0.

(Application filed. Mar. 19, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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THE Norms Pawns co, PHUTD-LIYHO" WASHINGTON, o c,

WEE STATES Arnnr OFFICE.

ALFRED M. ACKLIN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR REMOVING MATERIALS FROM BOATS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,492, dated August 19, 1902.

Application filed March 19, 1902. Serial No. 98,914. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED M. ACKLIN, a resident of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Removing Materials from Boats, 650.; and I do'hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to an apparatus for removing materials from boats, and has special reference to such an apparatus in which buckets are used for gathering ore or other materials and removing them from the holds of boats.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and simple apparatuswhich can easily and quickly be placed in the hold of a boat and which will enable the bucket used for gathering and removing the material to be operated so as to remove practically all the material within the hold of the boat without the necessity of employing manual labor to fill such bucket.

My invention consists, generally stated, in the novel arrangement, construction, and combination of parts, as hereinafter more specifically set forth and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to construct and use the apparatus, I will describe the same more fully, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a cross-section through the hold of a boat and showing a face view of my improved apparatus applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is an enlarged top view of the apparatus on the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged face View of a part of the apparatus, and Fig. 5 is a view showing another form of using my invention.

Like characters herein indicate like parts in each of the figures of the drawings.

1 represents the runway or boom, which is connected to a suitable tower and carries the trolley 2, which travels on tracks 3 on said boom 1 by means of its wheels 4, and is provided with a frame 5, on which the wheels 4 are mounted. A rope or cable 6 is connected at each end of the frame 5 for moving the trolley 2, and such cable 6 passes around a sheave 7, located at the outer end 1 of the boom 1, and is connected to a drum operated by a suitable engine or motor on the tower.

(Not shown.)

Mounted within the trolley-frame5 are the sheaves 8, over which pass the bucket-cables 9, which are adapted to pass around sheaves 10, located adjacent to the bucket 11 and mounted within a bracket 12, pivoted at 13 to the bail 14, supporting and carrying such bucket 11, while the ends of such cables 9 are connected to a drum operated by a suitable engine or motor on the tower. (Not shown.) The bail 14 is hung around trunnions 15 on the bucket 11, and the bracket 12, pivoted thereto, is held in place by the latch 16, pivoted at 17 on the bracket 12 and engaging with the top 14 of said bail 14.

The boat is shown at 18 and is provided with the top deck 19 thereon, having the hatchway 20 therein connecting with the hold 19 of said boat 18, which has the bottom 21 for the materials to be handled and below which are the compartments 22 for the ballast, dvc.

Within the hold 19 of the boat 18 is the frame A, which is formed of the side supports 23, extending across said hold, and is adapted to be lowered into and lifted from said hold and is provided with the extension ends 24 on said supports 23, which are adapted to engage with and be secured to the sides 18 of said boat 18. 15 isv a movable frame or trolley, which is adapted to travel upon tracks 25 on said supports 23 by means of the wheels 26 thereon, and within this frame or trolley 13 is the frame 0, composed of the vertical standards 27, which carry the sheaves 28 at their lower ends 28 for engaging with the bucket cables 9. The sheaves 28 are mounted on a shaft 29, journaled between said standards 27, and such standards 27 are adapted to be lowered and raised within guides 27 formed in the frame or trolley B, while an inclosed box-frame 30 connects the vertical standards 27 to brace and support said frame 0 in conjunction with brace-rods 31, extending across and between the tops of said standards 27. A collar 32 is mounted around the shaft 29, to which is connected a vertical screw-bar 33, which extends up through the box-frame 30 and is secured by plates or nuts 34 between the brace-rods 31, and within this box-frame 30 is a nut 35, which engageswith thescrewbar 33 and is provided with a" gear-face 36 thereon. A gear-wheel 37 engages with the gear-face 36 on the nut 35 within the boxframe 30 and ismounted on a rod 38, secured within the frame 0 and operated by a handle 39 at its upper end.

Connected to each end of the frame or trolley B are the cables or ropes 40, which pass around sheaves 41, located at each end of the supports 23 of the frame A, and around a sheave 42, located within the hold 19 of the boat 18, and such ropes 40 are adapted to be connected to a drum operated by an engine or motor on the tower (not shown) for moving the frame or trolley B with the frame 0 along the tracks 25 within the hold 19.

The use and operation of my improved apparatus for handling materials in boats are as follows: The portable frame A, carrying the trolley B and frame 0, is lowered through the hatchway 20 of the boat 18 in any suitable manner, so that the extension ends 24 on the supports 23 of said frame A are secured to the sides 18' of the boat 18 and within the hold 19 thereof. The frame 0, carrying the sheaves 28, is then set at the required heightfor bper ation by the operator turning the rod 38 through the medium of the handle 39, which will cause the gear-wheel 37 on said bar 33, meshing with the gear-face 36 on the nut 35, engaging with the screw-bar 33, to revolve said bar 33 in the direction required and cause the vertical standards 27 of said frame 0 to move in the guides 27 of the trolleyB to adjust the frame 0 to the desired height. After these parts have been so arranged and adjusted the trolley 2, carrying the bucket 11, is run out on the boom 1 by the cable 6 passing over the sheave 7 and connected to the engine or motor on the tower and to each end of the trolley-frame 5 and such bucket 11 lowered by means of the bucket-cables 9, connected to the engine or motor on the tower and passing around the sheaves 10, located in the bracket 12 on the bail 14 of the bucket 11. When the bucket 11 has been thus lowered into the hold 19 of the boat 18 the required distance to engage with the material within the boat 18 and in order to gather the material within said bucket 11, the trolley B, carrying the frame 0, is caused to move or travel along the tracks 25 of the portable frame A a sufficient distance by means of the ropes 40, connected to said trolley B and to the engine or motor on the tower, which ropes 40 pass around the sheaves 41 on the frame A and around the sheave 42 in the hold 19, which will cause said bucket 11 to tilt and drag through and along the material within the boat 18 and fill the same. After the bucket 11 has been thus filled all that is necessary is to lift or raise on the bucket-cables 9 bymeans of the engine or motor on the tower, which will cause said cables 9 to travel around the bucket-sheaves 10 and the sheaves 28 on the frame 0 and the sheaves 8 on the trolley B. As the cables 9 are thus lifted or raised they will cause the bucket 11, containing the material, to be righted and be raised, so that it can be hoisted out of the hold 19 of the boat 18 through the hatchway 20 by the cables 9, and when said bucket 11 has cleared the boat 18 the trolley 2, carrying said bucket 11, can be moved along to the inner end of the boom 1 toward the shore or tower by the cable 6, connected to the frame 5 of said trolley 2 and to the engine or motor on the tower, so that the contents of said bucket can be dumped or discharged in any desired manner on the dock, shore, or into bins or cars, as desired. After the bucket 11 has been dumped or emptied the trolley 2, carrying such bucket, can be moved outward along the boom 1 by the cable 6 and the trolley B, carrying the frame 0, moved back along the supports 23 of the portable frame A to the desired position, so that said bucket 11 can be lowered by the cables 9 into the hold of the boat 18 and be engaged by the sheaves 28 on the frame C for to be refilled and removed by the operations before described.

It will be evident that the lower ends 28 on the standards 27 of the frame 0 can engage with the rear end of a scraper 11, suspended by hoisting lines 11", such as is shown in Fig. 5, which lines pass over sheaves in the bucket-trolley 2 and are connected to the drum and engine or motorin the tower to move said scraper 11' by said frame 0 in the operations before described and gather the material in said scraper, after which said scraper 11 can be raised by the lines 11 and dump or discharge the material by the operations before described, and that the lower ends 28 of the vertical standards 27 on the frame 0 can be provided with seats 28" therein for engaging with trunnions 15 on the bucket 11 to tilt said bucket and gather the material therein in the movement of the frame 0, such as is shown in Fig. 4, and so do away with the sheaves 28, if desired. It will also be evident that scrapers 43 can be placed upon each side of the frame 0 and attached to vertical standards 27 of said frame by means of rods or ropes 44,connected to said standards and to a frame 45, extending out from said scrapers 43, so that these scrapers can be used to travel or move with the trolley-frame B and frame 0 to scrape the material from the sides 18 of the boat 18 toward the bucket 11, such as is shown in Fig. 1, so that the bucket can catch and gather the same therein. If desired, the

frame A, carrying the frame 13, can be raised and lowered to adjust itself to the different levels of the surface of the ore in the boat and the frame 0 dispensed with in such case. It will further be obvious that the frame A can be made stationary within the boat 18 or can be made a part of the deck-members framing or bracing of the boat itself, if desired, and While the device is shown as applied to a boat-hold it is evident that the same can be used elsewhere, such as in bins, receptacles, storage heaps, (to. These and various other modifications in the construction, arrangement, and design of the various parts of the apparatus may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

It will thus be seen that my improved apparatus for removing materials from boats is cheap and simple in its construction and operation, and by its use the ore or other ma terial can be gathered and removed in an easy and rapid manner and will enable the ore or other material to be quickly and conveniently removed from the boat. The different parts of the apparatus can be placed and secured within the boat in an easy and rapid manner, and the same being portable will not interfere with or complicate the interior of such boat and will always insure prompt and convenient working at all times.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a runway, a trolley thereon, a rising and falling bucket adapted to raise material and having its support independent of said trolley, said trolley being adapted to engage the bucket-cables to assist in gathering the material therein.

2. The combination of abucket adapted to raise material and to be lowered and raised by suspending-lines, a runway or frame, and a trolley on said frame normally free but adapted to engage said suspending-lines to move said bucket and gather the material therein.

3. The combination with a boat, of a bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat and elevate material therefrom, a runway or frame, and a trolley movable on said frame and normally free from but adapted to engage with said bucket to move the same and assist in gathering the material therein.

4. The combination with a boat, of a scoop or bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a frame within said hold, and atrolley on said frame adapted to move or travel thereon to engage with said bucket to move the same and gather the material therein.

5. The combination with a boat, of a scoop or bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat,a frame within said boat, a trolley on said frame adapted to move or travel thereon, and a frame on said trolley adapted to move or travel therewith to engage with said bucket to move the same and gather the material therein.

6. The combination with a boat, of a scoop or bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a frame within said boat, a trolley on-said frame adapted to move or travel thereon, and an adjustable frame on said trolley adapted to move or travel l therewith to en gage-with said bucket to move the same and gather the material therein.

7. The combination with a boat, of a scoop or bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a frame within said hold, a trolley on said frame adapted to move or travel thereon, and a frame on said trolley adapted to be raised and lowered in guides therein and move or travel with said trolley to engage with the bucket to move the same and gather thematerial therein.

8. The combination with a boat, of a scoop or bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a frame within said hold, a trolley on said frame adapted to move or travel thereon to engage with said bucket to move thesame and gather the material therein, and means for moving said trolley.

9. The combination with a boat, of a scoop or bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a frame within said boat, a trolley on said frame adapted to move or travel thereon to engage with said bucket to move the same and gather the material therein, and a power-driven rope or cable connected to said trolley for moving the same.

10. The combination with a boat, of a scoop or bucket adapted to be'lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a frame within said boat, a trolley on said frame adapted to move or travel thereon, a frame on said trolley adapted to be raised and lowered in guides therein and move or travel with said trolley to engage with the bucket to move the same and gather the material therein,and means for raising and lowering said last-named frame.

11. The combination with a boat, of a scoop or bucket adapted to be lowered and raised, to and from the hold of said boat, a frame within said boat a trolley on said frame adapted to move or travel thereon, a frame on said trolley adapted to be raised and lowered in guides therein and move or travel with said trolley to engage with said bucket to move the same and gather the material therein, a screw-bar supported within said last-named frame, and means engaging with said screw-bar for raising and lowering said last-named frame.

12. The combination with a boat, of a scoop or bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a frame within said boat, a trolley on said frame adapted to move or travel thereon, a frame on said trolley adapted to be raised and lowered in guides therein and move or travel with said trolley to engage with said bucket to move the same and gather the material therein, a screw-bar supported within said last-named frame,a nut engaging with said screw-bar, and means engaging with said nut to turn the same and raise or lower said last-named frame.

13. The combination with a boat, of ascoop or bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a frame within said boat, a trolley on said frame adapted to be raised and lowered in guides therein and move or travel with said trolley to engage with said bucket to move the same and gather the material therein, a screw-bar supported within said last-named frame, anut engaging with said screw-bar and provided with a gearface thereon, a gear-wheel mounted on a rod and engaging with said gear-face, and a handle on said rod for turning the same to raise and lower said last-named frame.

14. The combination with a boat, of a scoop or bucket adapted to be lowered and raised by power-driven cables to and from the hold of said boat, a frame within said boat, a trolley on said frame adapted to move or travel thereon, a. frame on said trolley adapted to move or travel therewith, and sheaves on the lower end of said last-named frame adapted to engage with the said bucket-cables to tilt and move said bucket to gather the material therein.

15. The combination with a boat, ofa scoop or bucket, a bracket on the bail of said bucket, sheaves on said bracket, power-driven cables passing around said sheaves to raise and lower said bucket to and from the hold of said boat, a frame within said boat, a trolley on said frame and adapted to move or travel thereon, a frame onsaid trolley adapted to move or travel therewith, and sheaves on the lower end of said last-named frame adapted to engage with said bucket-cables to tilt and move said bucket to gather the material therein.

16. The combination with a boat, of a scoop or bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a frame within said boat, a trolley on said frame adapted to move and travel thereon, a frame on said trolley adapted to move and travel therewith to engage with said bucket to move the same and gather the material therein, and scrapers connected to and adapted to move with said last-named frame to scrape the material toward the bucket.

17. The combination with a boat, of a scoop or bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a frame within said boat, a trolley on said frame adapted to move and travel thereon, a frame on said trolley having vertical standards thereon and adapted to move and travel with said trolley, said standards adapted to engage at their lower ends with said bucket to move the same and gather the material therein, and a scraper on each side of said standards and connected to the lower end thereof to scrape the material toward the bucket.

In testimony whereof I, the said ALFRED M. ACKLIN, have hereunto set my hand.

ALFRED M. AOKLIN. Witnesses:

J. N. OooKE, L. MARKS. 

